Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine 1992 - 1996
  • Internal Medicine Residency, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School 1989 - 1992
  • M.D., University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine 1989
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2016 - 2017
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Scynexis - Scy-078 301 awarded by Scynexis Inc 2017 - 2020
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Chung, SJ, Miller, RA, Permpalung, N, Baker, AW, Diehl, LF, Rizzieri, DA, and Alexander, BD. "Fluoroquinolone prophylaxis reduces febrile neutropenia, bloodstream infections from mucosal translocations, and intensive care admissions in high risk hematological patients, a single center experience." Leukemia & Lymphoma 60, no. 2 (February 2019): 488-492.  Full Text
    • Shaw, BI, Nanavati, AJ, Taylor, V, Miller, RA, Kappus, M, and Barbas, AS. "Donor derived HSV hepatitis in a kidney transplant recipient leading to liver fibrosis and portal hypertension." Transplant Infectious Disease : an Official Journal of the Transplantation Society 21, no. 1 (February 2019): e13029-null.  Full Text
    • Miller, G, Schaefer, H, Yoder, S, Miller, R, Winokur, P, Kotloff, K, Klassen, D, Wierzbicki, M, Amegashie, C, and Edwards, K. "A randomized, placebo-controlled phase I trial of live, attenuated herpes zoster vaccine in subjects with end-stage renal disease immunized prior to renal transplantation." Transplant Infectious Disease : an Official Journal of the Transplantation Society 20, no. 3 (June 2018): e12874-null.  Full Text
    • Miller, RA. "A Case for Antifungal Stewardship." Current Fungal Infection Reports 12, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 33-43. (Review)  Full Text
    • Mathur, G, Yadav, K, Ford, B, Schafer, IJ, Basavaraju, SV, Knust, B, Shieh, W-J, Hill, S, Locke, GD, Quinlisk, P, Brown, S, Gibbons, A, Cannon, D, Kuehnert, M, Nichol, ST, Rollin, PE, Ströher, U, and Miller, R. "High clinical suspicion of donor-derived disease leads to timely recognition and early intervention to treat solid organ transplant-transmitted lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus." Transplant Infectious Disease 19, no. 4 (August 2017): e12707-e12707.  Full Text
    • Singh, N, Sifri, CD, Silveira, FP, Miller, R, Gregg, KS, Huprikar, S, Lease, ED, Zimmer, A, Dummer, JS, Spak, CW, Koval, C, Banach, DB, Shroff, M, Le, J, Ostrander, D, Avery, R, Eid, A, Razonable, RR, Montero, J, Blumberg, E, Alynbiawi, A, Morris, MI, Randall, HB, Alangaden, G, Tessier, J, Cacciarelli, TV, Wagener, MM, and Sun, HY. "Unique characteristics of cryptococcosis identified after death in patients with liver cirrhosis: comparison with concurrent cohort diagnosed antemortem." Medical Mycology 55, no. 3 (April 2017): 278-284.  Full Text
    • Beaird, OE, Freifeld, A, Ison, MG, Lawrence, SJ, Theodoropoulos, N, Clark, NM, Razonable, RR, Alangaden, G, Miller, R, Smith, J, Young, JAH, Hawkinson, D, Pursell, K, and Kaul, DR. "Current practices for treatment of respiratory syncytial virus and other non-influenza respiratory viruses in high-risk patient populations: a survey of institutions in the Midwestern Respiratory Virus Collaborative." Transplant Infectious Disease 18, no. 2 (April 2016): 210-215.  Full Text
    • Singh, N, Sifri, CD, Silveira, FP, Miller, R, Gregg, KS, Huprikar, S, Lease, ED, Zimmer, A, Dummer, JS, Spak, CW, Koval, C, Banach, DB, Shroff, M, Le, J, Ostrander, D, Avery, R, Eid, A, Razonable, RR, Montero, J, Blumberg, E, Alynbiawi, A, Morris, MI, Randall, HB, Alangaden, G, Tessier, J, Wagener, MM, and Sun, HY. "Cryptococcosis in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Posttransplant Outcomes." Transplantation 99, no. 10 (October 2015): 2132-2141.  Full Text
    • Vergidis, P, Avery, RK, Wheat, LJ, Dotson, JL, Assi, MA, Antoun, SA, Hamoud, KA, Burdette, SD, Freifeld, AG, McKinsey, DS, Money, ME, Myint, T, Andes, DR, Hoey, CA, Kaul, DA, Dickter, JK, Liebers, DE, Miller, RA, Muth, WE, Prakash, V, Steiner, FT, Walker, RC, and Hage, CA. "Histoplasmosis Complicating Tumor Necrosis Factor–α Blocker Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis of 98 Cases." Clinical Infectious Diseases 61, no. 3 (August 1, 2015): 409-417.  Full Text
    • Miller, R, Covington, S, Taranto, S, Carrico, R, Ehsan, A, Friedman, B, Green, M, Ison, MG, Kaul, D, Kubak, B, Lebovitz, DJ, Lyon, GM, Nalesnik, MA, Pruett, TL, Teperman, L, Vasudev, B, and Blumberg, E. "Communication Gaps Associated With Donor-Derived Infections." American Journal of Transplantation 15, no. 1 (January 2015): 259-264.  Full Text
    • Miller, R. "Solid organ transplant donors with central nervous system infections." Transplantation 98, no. 6 (September 27, 2014): 666-670.
    • Gelijns, AC, Moskowitz, AJ, Acker, MA, Argenziano, M, Geller, NL, Puskas, JD, Perrault, LP, Smith, PK, Kron, IL, Michler, RE, Miller, MA, Gardner, TJ, Ascheim, DD, Ailawadi, G, Lackner, P, Goldsmith, LA, Robichaud, S, Miller, RA, Rose, EA, Ferguson, TB, Horvath, KA, Moquete, EG, Parides, MK, Bagiella, E, O'Gara, PT, Blackstone, EH, and Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN), . "Management practices and major infections after cardiac surgery." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 64, no. 4 (July 2014): 372-381.  Full Text
    • "Notes From the Field: A Cluster of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infections Transmitted Through Organ Transplantation-Iowa, 2013." American Journal of Transplantation 14, no. 6 (June 2014): 1459-1459.  Full Text
    • Assi, M, Martin, S, Wheat, LJ, Hage, C, Freifeld, A, Avery, R, Baddley, JW, Vergidis, P, Miller, R, Andes, D, Young, J-AH, Hammoud, K, Huprikar, S, McKinsey, D, Myint, T, Garcia-Diaz, J, Esguerra, E, Kwak, EJ, Morris, M, Mullane, KM, Prakash, V, Burdette, SD, Sandid, M, Dickter, J, Ostrander, D, Antoun, SA, and Kaul, DR. "Histoplasmosis After Solid Organ Transplant." Clinical Infectious Diseases 57, no. 11 (December 1, 2013): 1542-1549.  Full Text
    • Miller, R, and Assi, M. "Endemic Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation." American Journal of Transplantation 13, no. s4 (March 2013): 250-261.  Full Text
    • Miller, RA, Burdette, SD, Levi, M, Beekmann, SE, Polgreen, PM, and Kuehnert, MJ. "Communication gaps for solid organ transplant-transmitted infections among infectious disease physicians: an Emerging Infections Network survey." Transplant Infectious Disease 15, no. 1 (February 2013): 8-13.  Full Text
    • Grim, SA, Proia, L, Miller, R, Alhyraba, M, Costas-Chavarri, A, Oberholzer, J, and Clark, NM. "A multicenter study of histoplasmosis and blastomycosis after solid organ transplantation." Transplant Infectious Disease 14, no. 1 (February 2012): 17-23.  Full Text
    • Wibbenmeyer, L, Williams, I, Liao, J, Heard, J, Kealey, GP, and Miller, R. "A Pilot Study of the Use of Biocide-Impregnated Gauze as an Adjunct to Wound Care in a Burn Population." Journal of Burn Care & Research 33, no. 3 (2012): 358-363.  Full Text
    • Miller, RA. "unique characteristics of cryptococcosis identified after death in patients with liver cirrhosis."

  • Conference Papers

    • Permpalung, N, Thaniyavarn, T, Saullo, JH, Arif, S, Miller, RA, Reynolds, JM, and Alexander, BD. "Impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection on Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Lung Transplant Recipients." : Elsevier BV, April 2019.  Full Text

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